Work has commenced on this year’s edition of Significant Small Ships, profiling approximately 30 new vessels, sized between 5-100m and officially delivered in 2016 (with the exception of prototype models).

The decision to stick with the 1 January 2020 implementation of the global sulphur cap of 0.5% m/m (mass/mass) for fuel oil used in ships was confirmed at IMO’s MEPC 70th session in 24 – 28 October 2016.

It has been over 35 year in the making but finally legally-binding international measures to protect the marine environment against potentially invasive species in ships’ ballast water will enter into force on 8 September 2017

Japan-based NGO Peace Boat is working to design and build a cruiseship that demonstrates a cleaner future for the cruise industry, and may, in turn, persuade the wider maritime industry to take up emissions targets in a meaningful way,

Close to 75 representatives of 40 European maritime industry and research institutes1 gathered on September 29 and 30, 2016 in Athens for the kick-off meeting of project HOLISHIP (HOLIstic optimisation of SHIP design and operation for life cycle).